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The Best Episodes of Heartbeat Season 8

Every episode of Heartbeat Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Heartbeat Season 8!

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Genres:CrimeDramaComedy
Network:ITV1

Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Snake in the Grass" is the best rated episode of "Heartbeat" season 8. It scored 7.6/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by Gerry Mill and written by Jane Hollowood, it aired on 9/6/1998. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Fall Out".

  • Snake in the Grass
    7.6/1029 votes

    #1 - Snake in the Grass

    Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1998

    Gina returns home from her uncle George's funeral and Blaketon tries to mediate some neighbors but his efforts are disturbed by acute food poisoning. A night club owner goes broke and Greengrass takes some belongings into possession to cover a debt of 75 pounds. The stripper's snake contained in a box happens to be among them.

    Director: Gerry Mill

    Writer: Jane Hollowood

  • Fall Out
    7.7/1027 votes

    #2 - Fall Out

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1998

    A radioactive isotope contained in copper is in a car that is stolen when parked at The Aidensfeld Arms. At the same time Greengrass tells two school boys that in another episode 'found' golf balls to him that he could use some copper. Greengrass' little brother makes him have a racing dog in custody.

    Director: Gerry Poulson

    Writer: Brian Finch

  • For Better or Worse
    7.4/1028 votes

    #3 - For Better or Worse

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1998

    Just after buying a car young Brian Rider has a serious solo accident and his mother blames the owner of the Motor Company. Greengrass takes over a couple of racing pigeons after the owner's funeral.

    Director: Brian Farnham

    Writer: Peter Gibbs

  • Past Crimes
    7.8/1027 votes

    #4 - Past Crimes

    Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1998

    A respectable bank manager finds his past coming back to haunt him. Greengrass fixes the outcome of a local golf tournament - much to Blaketon's annoyance.

    Director: Brian Farnham

    Writer: James Stevenson

  • Spellbound
    7.4/1028 votes

    #5 - Spellbound

    Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1998

    Blaketon notices some strange activity at a graveyard at night but as he wants to investigate, he's knocked down. Greengrass tries his luck in the beauty business.

    Director: John Reardon

    Writer: Phil Ford

  • Baby Love
    7.6/1028 votes

    #6 - Baby Love

    Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/1998

    A young man sneaks around inside Moorside Lodge, a mothers' and babies' home, and Greengrass grabs an order to make a concrete driveway but as David refuses to work that very day, Greengrass has to make the unknown Gary do the job. Later an adopted baby is kidnapped.

    Director: Gerry Mill

    Writer: Anthony Read

  • Give a Dog a Bad Name
    7.7/1027 votes

    #7 - Give a Dog a Bad Name

    Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/1998

    At a roadside 'shop' David sells some sheepskin rugs for Greengrass very cheaply. Craddock and the local veterinarian have grave disputes on drunk driving, and a fleas' epidemic gives a dog a bad name.

    Director: Brian Farnham

    Writer: Peter Gibbs

  • Hello, Goodbye
    7.5/1025 votes

    #8 - Hello, Goodbye

    Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/1998

    Greengrass wants to make a fortune as mobile shop keeper. An Indian doctor from Kenya stirs up ugly racist prejudices, and an illegal hunt for live badgers disturb the forest.

    Director: Garth Tucker

    Writer: Michael Jenner

  • Pat-a-Cake
    8.0/1027 votes

    #9 - Pat-a-Cake

    Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/1/1998

    Mel Drinkwater disappears on the way to her secret wedding and a former boyfriend, Michael, is suspected of making her diaappear. Greengrass' cat allergy is ruining his joy of a new business project. A burglar steals some medicine from Dr. Bolton's clinic.

    Director: John Reardon

    Writer: Helen Slavin

  • Easy Rider
    7.6/1031 votes

    #10 - Easy Rider

    Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 11/8/1998

    An apparent UFO mystery intermingles with the death of an Italian racing cyclist. Greengrass recieves 200 gbomes from China, but they turn out to be models of Chairman Mao.

    Director: Garth Tucker

    Writer: Peter Barwood

  • Hot Rocks
    7.8/1032 votes

    #11 - Hot Rocks

    Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 11/15/1998

    Bellamy convinces Bradley to have a party at the Aidensfield Police Station. Lord Ashfordly's sister visits to introduce her new love, but he's very interested in Gina, and Greengrass has campers who modernize people's homes.

    Director: Gerry Mill

    Writer: Susan Wilkins

  • Shadows and Substances
    7.8/1031 votes

    #12 - Shadows and Substances

    Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 11/22/1998

    Blaketon is appointed Warning Point Officer - in case of nuclear attack, but soon Greengrass grabs the initiative to make money on the security issue. A pupil smashes a front window of the teacher's car. Later another pupil drinks poisoned water in the woods and Bellamy's Granny leads a protest against noisy lorries.

    Director: Terence Daw

    Writer: Brian Finch

  • Forbidden Fruit
    7.6/1025 votes

    #13 - Forbidden Fruit

    Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/1998

    While David Fuller apparently is very busy at an auction his wife, Marianne, is brought to hospital in a critical condition. Bradley stumbles into a short flirt with her sister, Rachel, and Gina dreams about a trip to Paris.

    Director: Gerry Poulson

    Writer: Neil McKay

  • Where There's a Will
    8.0/1026 votes

    #14 - Where There's a Will

    Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 12/6/1998

    Eric Tatton and his wife are dead and his sister, Peggy, has to move out of their house. At the last moment she however decides to fight to stay. Bellamy seeks a flat and gets 'assistance' from Grengrass.

    Director: Gerry Poulson

    Writer: Peter Gibbs

  • Taking Sides
    7.6/1027 votes

    #15 - Taking Sides

    Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 12/13/1998

    A road sign thief causes some disarray, and a Miss Aubrey charges Dr. Bolton with sexual harassment. Greengrass arranges local history theater in the open air, but doesn't it take two armies to make a battle?

    Director: Garth Tucker

    Writer: Michael Jenner

  • Echoes of the Past
    7.6/1029 votes

    #16 - Echoes of the Past

    Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 12/24/1998

    Jane Hayes is nervous of her pregnancy and some mysterious incidents related to the past make her fear she's haunted. A Christmas Charity Dance is arranged in Aidensfield, and Greengrass gets the responsibility for a trophy at the event.

    Director: Brian Farnham

    Writer: Neil McKay

  • Twists of Fate
    7.6/1026 votes

    #17 - Twists of Fate

    Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 1/10/1999

    Mildred Crosby dies unexpectedly suddenly and Maggie Bolton is accused. An anonymous night rider 'borrows' frequently a horse and leaves it in an uneasy state. Two Japanese vases are stolen, and Greengrass obtains hot horse racing tips from a road bum.

    Director: Paul Walker

    Writer: Eric Wendell

  • The Angry Brigade
    7.1/1029 votes

    #18 - The Angry Brigade

    Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 1/17/1999

    Barry Dixon is released from prison but is followed closely by an insurance detective. Lord Ashfordly has closed a pathway to a waterfall, but that decision meets strong opposition when a couple of tourists, Mr and Mrs Tidy, is stopped somewhat brutally. Bradley and Jackie Lambert, an attractive lawyer, develop common ground.

    Director: Gerry Poulson

    Writer: Peter Gibbs

  • Fire and Ashes
    8.2/1033 votes

    #19 - Fire and Ashes

    Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 1/24/1999

    Maggie Bolton tells Neil that they are going to have a baby, but she's quite troubled about it and takes a small trip with Gina. Small fires in the area worry the police, and Greengrass has a railway carriage for holiday guests, but that makes Blaketon angry.

    Director: Gerry Mill

    Writer: Rob Heyland

  • All in the Mind
    7.7/1027 votes

    #20 - All in the Mind

    Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 1/31/1999

    Blaketon loses focus on Greengrass because an even worse crook enters the area with some racing ferrets. Jackie Lambert visits Maggie Bolton to finish the paperwork on Dr. Bolton's death. An old woman witnesses a kidnapping. A young man annoys ordinary citizens intensely while presenting himself as PC Ventress.

    Director: Brian Farnham

    Writer: Johnny Byrne

  • Friends Like You
    7.9/1025 votes

    #21 - Friends Like You

    Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 2/7/1999

    David wins £100 and buys some fine clothes, but the shopkeeper wants to sell more to him. Gina substitutes as singer in a new club in Whitby, but it turns into a nightmare as the police finds drugs in her handbag.

    Director: Frank W. Smith

    Writer: Brian Finch

  • Old Ties
    7.3/1025 votes

    #22 - Old Ties

    Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 2/14/1999

    An old friend visits Gina, and Aunt Mary fears trouble. Two brothers open a restaurant, and they are surprised by more than a brick through the window. An archaeologist inspires Greengrass to dig for a treasure.

    Director: Gerry Poulson

    Writer: Chris Thompson

  • David Stockwell's Ghost
    7.6/1027 votes

    #23 - David Stockwell's Ghost

    Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 2/21/1999

    A troubled family has moved into Aidensfield from Zambia. At the auction David happens to buy pigs instead of lambs, and Mrs. Ventress is hospitalized.

    Director: John Reardon

    Writer: Jane Hollowood

  • Testament
    7.6/1026 votes

    #24 - Testament

    Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 2/28/1999

    David Stockwell witnesses a hit and run incident.

    Director: Gerry Mill

    Writer: Susan Wilkins